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Applications in Project and Program Management

COURSE TYPE

Intermediate

Course Number

1321

Duration

4 Days

Successful government program managers are adept at developing a plan for total project life cycle system management - an Integrated Master Plan. In this FAC-P/PM certification training course, you gain knowledge in managing complex programs, software engineering principles, requirements development, management and traceability methods, testing and system validation processes.

You Will Learn How To:

Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and a plan for total life cycle system management - an Integrated Master Plan (IMP)

Develop a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) estimate

Apply a process to identify, analyze and manage threats and opportunities

Important Course Information

Requirements:

Two years of program or project management experience within the last five years.

FAC-P/PM Certification Information:

All Federal employees (non DoD) who work in a Program/Project Management role are required to be FAC-P/PM certified. Private industry/contractors are eligible to attend FAC-P/PM training, but are not eligible to become certified.

FAC-P/PM certification is awarded at the agency level and requirements vary by agency. Check with your Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) for information on certification requirements.

Course Outline

Introducing the FAC-P/PM Program

Clarifying the FAC-P/PM initiative

Describing acquisition reforms

Establishing a culture of accountability

Identifying government and contractor equities

Project Management Fundamentals

Managing projects

Defining project and program management

Outlining the project management process

Evaluating project objectives and planning

Defining the project goals

Planning the work that needs to be completed

Project scope and schedule

Determining the project scope

Applying estimating techniques

Assessing scheduling tools and methods

Building an Integrated Master Plan (IMP)

Building a product-oriented Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Commonly found products

Decomposing the WBS

Best practices checklist

Standardizing the WBS within your agency

Developing the Integrated Master Plan (IMS)

Events, accomplishments and criteria

Evaluating an IMP

Developing the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)

Developing an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)

Benefiting from an Integrated Master Schedule

The relationship between the IMP and IMS

Activities, sequences, and scheduling

The network and the critical path

Managing the Contractor

Defining the procurement process

Source selection and evaluating the proposals

Evaluating contract types

Defining the procurement process

Source selection and proposal evaluation

Analyzing different types of contracts and associated risks

Applying Software Engineering to the Software Development Process

Developing and managing a process

Enterprise analysis

Appraising decision analysis methods for software architecture

Evaluating Agile development methodologies

Developing and managing requirements

Developing a requirements model

Writing a use case

Managing changes to requirements

Designing and implementing

Identifying multitier architecture

Incorporating the implementing phase into the project

Implementing a Program/Project Quality System

Ensuring project quality

Charting the quality and grade of the software product

Differentiating project quality theories

Planning and controlling quality

Describing the quality plan

Recognizing the seven quality planning tools

Improving the process

Evaluating performance quality data to execute

Quality assurance

Analyzing the tools and techniques used to control quality

Managing Risks and Opportunities

Identifying and analyzing risks

Drafting a program/project risk management plan

Identifying program/project risks and opportunities

Assessing impacts and probabilities

Evaluating risk response strategies

Monitoring and controlling risks

Implementing a risks/opportunities management plan

Evaluating strategies

Estimating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Factors impacting the TCO

Applying estimation techniques

Performing cost-benefit trade-offs

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